Making Stuff Better Podcast
1) Episode 5: Sweet Darkness
A poem by David Whyte is the catalyst for this week’s conversation about loneliness and self-reflection. The period of isolation we’re experiencing at the moment is an opportunity to discover things a...Show More
2) Episode 4: The 'To Be' List
For many of us adapting to new ways of working in the lockdown, there seems to be a lot of effort put into not wasting this time. We write ‘to do’ lists to manage our day despite the fact that for a l...Show More
3) Episode 3: Paradoxia
Conversation this week inevitably returns to what seems to be the topic of everything at the moment: Coronavirus. But more specifically, Matt and Gill discuss the endless paradoxes that seem to be bou...Show More
4) Episode 2: Coaching Through COVID-19
We’re back following a little hiatus and in this episode we’re following up on the special episode we published earlier in the week in which Matt interviewed Andew Macdonald-Brown, Director of Dulwich...Show More
5) Special: Remote Leadership with Andrew Macdonald-Brown
In this special interview episode, Matt talks with the Andrew Macdonald-Brown, Director of Dulwich College Zhuhai. They discuss the challenges that his and many international schools are facing as a r...Show More
6) Episode 1: On The Road Again
The first episode of Season 3 comes to you from a taxi on the road from Zhuhai to Guangzhou, China. Gill and Matt discuss the many facets of coaching and how it affects thinking and behaviour. What ke...Show More
7) Episode 5: The Ups and Downs of The Sigmoid Curve
Gill and Matt are gathered around the Leadership Table once more and in this episode they’re discussing the ups and downs of a ride on the Sigmoid Curve. Leaders can face push-back when they attempt t...Show More
8) Episode 4: The Values-Driven Organisation
We’re back! It’s been a little while since the last episode but Matt’s been reading the work of Richard Barrett. Barrett has written a lot on the importance of trust and integrity in leadership - not...Show More
9) Episode 3: Lessons From The Cosmos
It’s Gill’s turn and this week she brings an article from the Korn Ferry Institute. Lessons from the Cosmos explores ideas from leaders in the field of space exploration. The article delves into the s...Show More
10) Episode 2: Let Go & Lead
Matt’s brings the topic to the podcast table this week, and he’s revisiting an idea he and Gill have looked into previously: the ‘Let Go & Lead’ theory. As a leader, can relinquishing some control and...Show More